Back in the modern world, Kagome finds herself unable to return to the past. Inuyasha had destroyed the well to keep her out of harm's way. Meanwhile, the group investigates Naraku's past and learns of a bandit named Onigumo—who may hold the key to the mystery connecting Naraku and Kikyo.

After surviving her fall into a ravine, Kikyo lives quietly in a village. But when a priest realizes she's the walking dead and tries to put her soul to rest, he's killed. Inuyasha intervenes to save the priest's apprentice...